“Is this language anything other than pandering to the far-right? Deeply disappointing that (the) Telegraph platforms this disgusting language.”

Prime Minister Theresa May’s official spokesman said: “The long-standing government position on this is clear, that we do not support a ban on the wearing of the veil in public.

“Such a prescriptive approach would be not in keeping with British values of religious tolerance and gender equality.”

It comes as the imam of Finsbury Park mosque, which was targeted by a far-right terrorist in an attack that killed one man, publicly criticised the government’s “lacklustre” efforts to fight Islamophobia.

The Conservatives have faced calls, including from Baroness Warsi, a former party chair and the first Muslim cabinet minister, to launch an inquiry into Islamophobia within the party.